[Hiring] Manager I, Financial Planning & Analysis, Reporting @Catholic Relief Services | CRS

Role Description

The Manager I, FP&A Reporting, leads the development and delivery of budget, forecast, comparative and management reporting for the Agency, while establishing standards for FP&A tools and reports. Supports the Director of FP&A and FP&A team on financial modeling, scenario planning, and agency-level analysis, and partners with Finance Systems/EPM teams on report design, testing, and process improvement. There is a strong connectivity to EPM systems as well as other reporting tools, and a customer-service mindset for gathering and delivering on end-user reporting needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of budget, forecast, comparative and management reporting packages to the agency’s finance and executive leadership.
• Establish stakeholder guidance and protocols for current and future FP&A reporting tools and reports for efficiency and consistency across the agency.
• Support the Director of FP&A in developing and maintaining financial models, agency analyses and deep dives.
• Assist FP&A and EPM systems teams with ongoing systems enhancements, functional testing of system changes, report writing and analyzing data flows for process improvement opportunities.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting and cyclical budget packages as well as Board Presentations in coordination with Sr. Manager, Global Process based on requirements defined by the Director of FP&A.
• Collaborate with the Finance teams to analyze and consolidate insights into the results, forecasts, and budget packages for review and presentation to the Director of FP&A, CFO and executive leadership.
• Understand the agency’s metadata, systems (e.g., ePBCS, ERP, EPM, etc) and corresponding reporting tools and platforms.
• Lead the initiative to establish FP&A report protocols for efficiency and consistency across the agency.
• Oversee the functional design, testing and implementation of new FP&A report requirements, partnering with the Finance Systems team on ERP and BI reporting requirements and delivery as well as technical execution.
• Conduct regular audits of end-user report utilization and requirements for organizational alignment and continuous improvement.
• Maintain easy-to-understand guidance and training materials on FP&A reporting tools, reports, data sources, modules and uses as needed.
• Manage and coordinate administration of CRS Sharepoint sites, documentation, training materials, etc.
• Partner with FP&A and other Global Finance teams to deliver required training on FP&A reporting tools, reports, and data sources as needed.
• Maintain understanding of agency strategy, organizational design, and finance policies and procedures; manage the impact on FP&A processes and partner divisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field.
• 5-8+ years experience in financial planning and analysis, finance operations, data analysis or a related function.
• Experience with managing data and designing reports using Microsoft and Oracle based products.
• Experience with designing reports and dashboards with business intelligence (BI) and data visualization platforms.
• Experience with cloud-based EPM software.

Requirements

• Proven quantitative and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of accounting systems and business processes.
• Excel expertise (complicated formulas & functions; filters; pivot tables, etc.) and experience with other Microsoft Office software (Word, PowerPoint).
• Experience with reporting software.
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Customer-service mindset, and the ability to understand, document and deliver on end-user requirements.
• Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment and build strong relationships with finance and cross-functional partners.
• Highly motivated, proactive and organized.
• Ability to learn technical concepts from manuals and documentation.
• Ability to provide inputs and applicable improvement/enhancement in processes and system tools.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal. Arabic, French and/or Spanish language skills are a welcome and added advantage.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, life insurance, vision, and a generous retirement savings plan for U.S. based staff.
• Benefits packages for successful candidates employed outside the U.S. are based on the country of employment/in-country office.
• Collaborative, mission-driven culture committed to improving the lives of the poor throughout the world.